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Sovereign Court, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

MyStreetCheck free street report: Sovereign Court, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 1 November 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne-tyne-and-wear/sovereign-court/

House prices, sold prices and local information for NE2 1JZ.

Average price (last 12 months)
£160,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£154,375
12 sales
Price range
£135k – £170k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
2 Dec 2025
NE2 1JZ

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At a glance

House prices£154k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station9 min walkJesmond (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll leaseholdAcross 19 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

12 property sales on Sovereign Court, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £160,000. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £154,375. Average sale prices fell from £165,125 in 2016 to £156,000 in 2025 (-6%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 3 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 0 of them sold for more the second time. Recorded sale prices on Sovereign Court range from £135,000 to £170,000. Every home sold here was sold leasehold.

House prices on Sovereign Court compared

NE2 postcode area£365,119
Newcastle Upon Tyne£247,817
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Sovereign Court has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all NE2 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £165,125 (4 sales)2016£165k2021: £143,667 (3 sales)2021£144k2022: £151,000 (2 sales)2022£151k2024: £147,000 (1 sales)2024£147k2025: £156,000 (2 sales)2025£156k

Tenure: 0% freehold and 100% leasehold across 19 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat12£154,3752 Dec 2025

Sold prices on Sovereign Court

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
7, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 2 Dec 2025£160,000 FlatLeasehold
3, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 27 Feb 2025£152,000 FlatLeasehold
12, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 20 Dec 2024£147,000 FlatLeasehold
16, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 25 Nov 2022£167,000 FlatLeasehold
17, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 9 Jun 2022£165,000 FlatLeasehold
22, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 15 Mar 2022£135,000 FlatLeasehold
27, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 28 Jan 2022£144,000 FlatLeasehold
26, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 10 Nov 2021£145,000 FlatLeasehold
24, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 6 Oct 2021£140,000 FlatLeasehold
25, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 15 Sep 2021£150,000 FlatLeasehold
2, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 21 May 2021£141,000 FlatLeasehold
29, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 27 Apr 2021£145,000 FlatLeasehold
31, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 30 Mar 2021£165,000 DetachedLeasehold
31, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 10 Sep 2019£165,000 DetachedLeasehold
15, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 21 Dec 2016£170,000 FlatLeasehold
25, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 29 Jul 2016£155,000 FlatLeasehold
17, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 22 Jul 2016£167,500 FlatLeasehold
8, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 25 May 2016£168,000 FlatLeasehold
4, Sovereign Court NE2 1JZ 24 Mar 2016£155,000 FlatLeasehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
17, Sovereign Court £167,500 (Jul 2016) → £165,000 (Jun 2022) -1%
over 6 yrs
25, Sovereign Court £155,000 (Jul 2016) → £150,000 (Sep 2021) -3%
over 5 yrs
31, Sovereign Court £165,000 (Sep 2019) → £165,000 (Mar 2021) +0%
over 2 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Sovereign Court

Crime

738 crimes were reported within about a mile of Sovereign Court in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Higher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Shoplifting258
Anti-social behaviour122
Violence & sexual offences106
Vehicle crime53
Public order48
Criminal damage & arson41

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Sovereign Court is in or near 6 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Rivers Derwent, Team, Don and estuarine tributaries Flood alert area
  • Tyne estuary at Newcastle Quayside, Low Walker, Lower Derwenthaugh Industrial Estate and Willington Flood alert area
  • Tyne estuary Flood alert area
  • Ouseburn at Great Parkway and Killingworth Road Flood warning area
  • Ouseburn at Brunton Park, Melton Park and South Gosforth Flood warning area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Sovereign Court

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School 162 pupils Primary Roman Catholic 3–11 Report 0.2 mi
Newcastle Preparatory School 241 pupils Other independent school 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
Royal Grammar School 1,332 pupils Other independent school 7–19 Report 0.5 mi
Hotspur Primary School 440 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.5 mi
West Jesmond Primary School 605 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.5 mi
Newcastle High School for Girls GDST 660 pupils Other independent school Church of England 3–18 Report 0.6 mi
Jesmond Park Academy 2,092 pupils Secondary 11–18 Good Report 0.6 mi
Northern Counties School 89 pupils Non-maintained special school 3–19 Good Report 0.6 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train, tram & metro stations

  • Manors station 1.0 mi · 20 min walk
  • Newcastle station 1.5 mi · 30 min walk
  • Heworth station 2.9 mi · 57 min walk
  • Jesmond (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) 0.4 mi · 9 min walk
  • West Jesmond (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) 0.8 mi · 15 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Cradlewell (SW-Bound, Jesmond Road) 1 min walk
  • Cradlewell (NE-Bound, Jesmond Road) 2 min walk
  • Sandyford Road-Nazareth Mews (NE-Bound, Sandyford Road) 2 min walk
  • Jesmond Road (W-Bound, Jesmond Road) 4 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Thornfield Medical Group
    Molineux Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 0.8 mi
  • Biddlestone Health Group
    Biddlestone Road, Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 0.8 mi
  • Heaton Road Surgery
    17-19 Heaton Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 0.8 mi
  • Saville Medical Group
    7 Saville Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 0.9 mi

Supermarkets

  • Spar Spar Sandyford Road · 0.4 mi
  • Little Waitrose Little Waitrose Jesmond · 0.5 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Jesmond Express · 0.6 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Stoddard St Express · 0.6 mi

Pharmacies

  • Jesmond Pharmacy · 0.6 mi
  • Shieldfield Pharmacy · 0.7 mi
  • Molineux Pharmacy · 0.8 mi

Dentists

  • Osborne Road (dental Surgery) · 0.5 mi
  • Tankerville Terrace (dental Surgery) · 0.5 mi
  • Park View Dental Practice · 0.5 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income9 of 10
Employment9 of 10
Education and skills10 of 10
Health and disability6 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services8 of 10
Living environment2 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned32.3%62.5%
Private rented57.4%20.3%
Social rented10.3%17.1%
Households784

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 153.8%17.4%
Aged 15–6489.4%64.1%
Aged 65+6.8%18.6%
Residents2,145

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks99%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks99%92%

Share of homes across Newcastle upon Tyne with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Sovereign Court

Ethnic group

HereNewcastle upon Tyne
White87.7%80%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%11.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%2.3%
Other ethnic group1.5%3.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%3.3%

Religion

HereNewcastle upon Tyne
No religion54.9%40.8%
Christian30.6%41.3%
Not answered8%6%
Muslim2.3%9%
Buddhist2.1%0.5%
Hindu0.8%1.4%
Jewish0.5%–
Other religion0.4%0.4%

Country of birth

HereNewcastle upon Tyne
Born in the UK86.7%82.6%
Born outside the UK13.3%17.4%

Highest qualification

HereNewcastle upon Tyne
Level 3 qualifications47.7%21.2%
Level 4 qualifications and above43.9%34.6%
No qualifications3%18.6%
Level 2 qualifications2.9%10.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications1.4%7.9%
Apprenticeship0.7%4.8%
Other qualifications0.5%2.3%

General health

HereNewcastle upon Tyne
Very good health63.6%48.4%
Good health29.4%32.2%
Fair health5.6%13.1%
Bad health1.2%4.8%
Very bad health0.2%1.5%

Cars or vans per household

HereNewcastle upon Tyne
1 car or van in household39.8%40.8%
No cars or vans in household31%36.6%
2 cars or vans in household20.8%18.3%
3 or more cars or vans in household8.3%4.4%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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